Bristol International Airport

Bristol Airport
IATA: BRS ICAO: EGGD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Serves	Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, North and West Wiltshire
Location	Lulsgate Bottom, North Somerset
Elevation AMSL	622 ft / 190 m
Coordinates	51°22′58″N 002°43′09″W / 51.38278°N 2.71917°W / 51.38278; -2.71917Coordinates: 51°22′58″N 002°43′09″W / 51.38278°N 2.71917°W / 51.38278; -2.71917
Website	www.bristolairport.co.uk
Map
EGGD Location in Somerset
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 2,011 6,598 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 7,610,780 Passenger change 15–16 12.1% Aircraft Movements 73,536 Movements change 15-16 8.0%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Passengers	7,610,780
Passenger change 15–16	12.1%
Aircraft Movements	73,536
Movements change 15-16	8.0%

Bristol Airport (IATA: BRS, ICAO: EGGD), located at Lulsgate Bottom in North Somerset, is the commercial airport serving the city of Bristol, England, and the surrounding area. It is 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) southwest of Bristol city centre. Built on the site of a former RAF airfield, it opened in 1957 as Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport, replacing Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport as Bristol's municipal airport. From 1997 to 2010 it was known as Bristol International Airport. In 1997 a majority shareholding in the airport was sold to FirstGroup, and then in 2001 the airport was sold to a joint venture of Macquarie Group and others. In September 2014, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan bought out Macquarie to become the sole owner.

In 2016, it was the ninth busiest airport in the United Kingdom, handling over 7.6 million passengers, a 12% increase compared with 2015. According to a 2012 passenger survey, 25.7% of journeys using the airport started or ended in the city of Bristol, 18.9% in Wales, 18.5% in Somerset and 12.4% in Devon.

Airlines with operating bases at the airport include EasyJet, Ryanair, Thomas Cook, Thomson Airways and BMI Regional. The airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (number P432) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flying instruction.